June

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Brush up on your jury selection skills! The newest title in the ISBA's Practice Ready Series, Picking a Civil Jury: A Guide for Illinois Trial Lawyers, is specifically designed to be a must-have resource for new and more-experienced attorneys alike! Go to http://www.isba.org/store/books/pickingaciviljury for details.

Remembering Selma: The unfinished journey
Fifty years after the Selma Freedom March, Loyola University Chicago’s Baum lecture featured Adrienne Y. Bailey, PhD., a senior consultant with Panasonic Foundation and one of the students who participated in that life-changing event.

Holt v. Hobbs: The compelling interest standard and religious dress and grooming exemptions
In a political climate where the delicate interests of religion and government continue to collide both domestically and internationally, the Holt decision renews the promise of the First Amendment by demonstrating that all Americans, even prison inmates, are entitled to the right to freely exercise religious beliefs and by reminding our courts to review challenges to this essential American freedom with a particularly careful eye.

Immigration reform and diversifying your workforce
Recent executive actions enacted by the President and the Department of Homeland Security are estimated to collectively provide work authorization to 4 million undocumented individuals across the U.S., and impact hundreds of thousands of individuals in the state of Illinois alone.

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